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Russia’s domination of sambo appears likely to continue well into the future after the country claimed 27 of the 40 gold medals on offer at the 2018 World Youth and Junior Championships in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.

The President of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) Vasily Shestakov has said he expects to see athletes from Great Britain winning World Championship medals in the sport "in a couple of years" after watching the President's Cup here in Ballymena today.

Russia have won the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President's Cup for the fifth time today, after emphatically beating a joint team of the United States and Canada 6-1 in the final here in Ballymena in Northern Ireland.

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Fact of the day

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.

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